Elegant Holiday Shrimp Salad Bowls

Elegant, bright in appearance and taste, will decorate the holiday table! Portioned salad in bowls with shrimp is easy to prepare and at the same time satisfying, elegant, impressive and very tasty. I just fell in love with the cream cheese and sour cream dressing with citrus notes! It goes perfectly with seafood.
cook time: 40 min
Miles Denholm
Elegant Holiday Shrimp Salad Bowls

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

206
Calories
20g
Fat
2g
Carbs
14g
Protein

Ingredients (5 portions)

Basic:

Garlic 2 clove
Salt to taste
Ground black pepper to taste
Lemon zest (or lime) 1 tbsp
Lemon juice 1 tbsp
Sour cream (oily 25-30%) 4 tbsp
Hard cheese 40 g
Dill (fresh 3-4 sprigs) to taste
Chicken eggs 3 pc
Salmon (Lightly salted) 150 g
Quail eggs 3 pc
Shrimps (boiled-frozen) 150 g
Lettuce leaves 50 g
Pomegranate (For decoration) 50 g
Cream cheese 300 g

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make a festive portioned salad in bowls with shrimp? Prepare the foods listed. Boil chicken and quail eggs in advance. If the shrimp are frozen, also transfer them from the freezer to the top shelf of the refrigerator in advance. With this method of defrosting, the shrimp retain moisture and will be juicy and tasty. Wash the lettuce well and dry with paper towels or in a greens dehydrator.

Step 2

Step 2
Lightly salted. Cut the red fish (I used salmon) into small cubes.

Step 3

Step 3
The shrimp are boiled and frozen, so you can simply defrost them. But they can also be boiled. To do this, place the shrimp in boiling salted water for 1 minute, then remove with a slotted spoon and transfer to a colander to drain the liquid. There is no need to cook them longer, otherwise they will become tough.

Step 4

Step 4
How to boil eggs? Carefully place well-washed chicken and quail eggs into boiling salted water. When the water boils again, turn the heat down to medium and cook the chicken eggs for about 10 minutes, and the quail eggs for about 5 minutes. Drain the water and cover the eggs with cold water. Peel the cooled eggs from their shells. Cut the chicken eggs into small cubes or grate them on a coarse grater. Just before serving the salad, cut the quail eggs into two halves.

Step 5

Step 5
Grate the hard cheese on a medium grater. The cheese can be any kind, as long as it is of high quality and tasty.

Step 6

Step 6
How to make salad dressing? Prepare the necessary ingredients. Take sour cream with at least 20% fat. Remove the cream cheese from the refrigerator in advance so that it has time to warm up to room temperature.

Step 7

Step 7
If necessary, drain the cream cheese. In a suitable container, mix full-fat sour cream (preferably homemade) and cream cheese. Add 1-2 cloves of garlic passed through a press, chopped dill, lemon zest and a spoonful of lemon juice. Salt and pepper to taste.

Step 8

Step 8
Mix the dressing well until smooth. It turns out to be quite thick in consistency.

Step 9

Step 9
Start assembling the salad. Place chopped chicken eggs in the first layer in the bowls. Salt and pepper them to your taste. Do not oversalt, consider the degree of salinity of the fish. Top with a tablespoon of creamy dressing.

Step 10

Step 10
Place red fish pieces in the next layer.

Step 11

Step 11
Tear the lettuce leaves with your hands and place on the fish.

Step 12

Step 12
Top the salad with a spoonful of dressing.

Step 13

Step 13
Now add the shrimp.

Step 14

Step 14
Top with a little grated cheese.

Step 15

Step 15
Spoon dressing onto cheese.

Step 16

Step 16
Alternate layers to fill the bowls 3/4 full. Garnish with lettuce leaves, large shrimp, and 1-2 halves of quail eggs.

Step 17

Step 17
Pomegranate seeds will also decorate the salad and add interesting flavor notes. Instead of pomegranate, you can put 1 teaspoon of red caviar, it will also be delicious))). Cover the bowls with the prepared salad with cling film and place in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours. Serve chilled.

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